Past Tense
by Nicole
Past Simple
Past
Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Past
Simple
Use
Form
Examples
Used for actions that were completed at a specific time in the past
Positive: Subject + verb in past tense
Negative: Subject + did not + verb in base form
Question: Did + subject + verb in base form?
I played videogames after school. (positive)
He did not go to work yesterday. (negative)
Did you see that basketball game yesterday? (question)
Regular Verbs
Just add “ed”
work worked
jump jumped
help helped
walk walked
laugh laughed
Irregular Verbs
eat ate
sit sat
go went
buy bought
think thought
drink drank
speak spoke
understand understood
grow grew
drive drove
sleep slept
wear wore
Irregular verbs are very
hard! Here are just a few.
There are so many! You
need to memorize and
practice them.
Irregular Verbs
To be
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
They were
Past
Continuous
Use
Form
Examples
Used for actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past
Positive: Subject + was/were + verb ending in “ing”
Negative: Subject + was/were not + verb ending in “ing”
Question: Was/were + subject + verb ending in “ing”?
I was sleeping when the alarm went off. (positive)
He was not cleaning when his mom came home. (negative)
Were you traveling in Europe last year? (question)
